Answer
There are 2280 dollars of taxes on a home valued at 180,000 dollars.
Work Step by Step
Let X represent the amount of taxes on the 180,000 dollar home.
Now, let’s set up a proportion in which one ratio compares the home values, and the other ratio compares the corresponding taxes.
So, $\frac{150000}{180000}$ = $\frac{1900}{X}$
To solve this equation, we equate the cross products.
150000 $\times$ X = 180000 $\times$ 1900
We divide both sides by 10000 to simplify:
15 $\times$ X = 18 $\times$ 1900
15X = 34200
Divide both sides by 15.
X = 2280
There are 2280 dollars of taxes on a home valued at 180,000 dollars.
